Joan Collins

Joan Collins
Dame Joan Henrietta Collins, DBEis an English actress, author and columnist. Born in Paddington, west London, and brought up in Maida Vale, Collins grew up during the Second World War. After making her stage debut in A Doll's House at the age of nine, she trained as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Artin London. She then signed an exclusive contract with the Rank Organisation and appeared in various British films...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth23 May 1933
CountryUnited States of America
I mean, even my dressing room at the studio has candles and cushions and cashmere rugs and things.
I have always tried to live my life with enthusiasm and pleasure.
I don't use e-mail; I phone and fax. I think people who are hunched over their computer screens all day should get a life.
I don't buy into you're on the slag heap when you're 40 or 50 or 60 or 70 or whatever.
I do all my own make-up, it takes me 10 minutes.
Doing 20 minutes of stretching, light weights and floor exercises three times a week takes the same amount of time as a long coffee break - and eating a tuna fish salad, sardines on toast or scrambled eggs is surely preferable to a Big Mac or KFC.
The cosmetics industry has much to answer for. It's a multi-million- pound confidence trick based on giving women endless hope, courtesy of overpriced little pots.
My mother use to call me 'Miss Perpetual Motion' because I rarely keep still.
The clothes were a huge part of what made 'Dynasty' fun.
One of the rules about being an actor or an actress is that you never diss other actors or actresses, particularly when you don't know them.
Well I've written four beauty books as well.
You can't help getting older, but you can help yourself from becoming old and infirm, in mind as well as body.
Making each day a mini lifetime - to achieve something and to enjoy something.
The endless bonking was exhausting me.